breithlá

Irish

Etymology

From breith (“birth”) +‎ lá (“day”).

Noun

breithlá m (genitive singular breithlae, nominative plural breithlaethanta)

  1. birthday

Declension

Declension of breithlá (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative breithlá breithlaethanta
vocative a bhreithlá a bhreithlaethanta
genitive breithlae breithlaethanta
dative breithlá breithlaethanta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an breithlá na breithlaethanta
genitive an bhreithlae na mbreithlaethanta
dative leis an mbreithlá
don bhreithlá 		leis na breithlaethanta

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of breithlá
radical lenition eclipsis
breithlá bhreithlá mbreithlá

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breithlá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “birthday”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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